Today’s word is “Pauperize” transitive verb. pau·per·ized, pau·per·iz·ing, pau·per·iz·es. To make a pauper of; impoverish

He can live but for one end, which is to keep himself alive. He cannot give time and strength to intellectual, social, and moral culture, without starving his family, and impoverishing the community. — Wm. Channing